Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-04-02
Schedules of Rates to Be Printed and
Made Public.


showing the rates and fares and charges
for the transportation of passengers and
property which any such common carrier
has established and which are in force at
the time upon its railroad, as defined by
the first section of this act. The schedules
printed as aforesaid by any such common
carrier shall plainly state the places upon
its railroad between which property and
passengers will be carried, and shall con-
tain the classification of freight in force
upon such railroad, and shall also state
separately the terminal charges and any
rules or regulations which in any wise
change, affect or determine any part of
the aggregate OF such aforesaid rates and
fares and charges. Such schedules shall
be plainly printed in large type, of at least
the size of ordinary plea, and copies for
the use of the public shall be kept in every
depot or station upon any such railroad,
in such places and in such form that they
can be conveniently inspected.
Rates to Foreign Countries.
Any common carrier subject to the pro-
visions of this act receiving freight in the
United States to be carried through a
foreign country to any place in the United
States shall also in like manner print and
keep for public inspection, at every depot
where such freight is received for ship
ment, schedules showing the through
rates established and charged by such
common carrier TO all points in the United
States beyond the foreign country TO which
it accepts freight for shipment; and any
freight shipped from the United States
through foreign country into the United
States, the through rate on which shall
not have been made public as required by
this act, shall, before it is admitted into
the United States from said foreign coun-
| try, be subject to customs duties, as if
| said freight were of foreign production;
and any law in conflict with this section
is hereby repealed.
Advances in Rates-Ten DAYS Notice.
Reduction in Rates.
No advance shall be made in the rates,
| fares, and charges which have been estab-
| lished and published as aforesaid by any
| common carrier, in compliance with the
| requirements of this section, except after
| ten days public notice, which shall plainly
state the changes proposed to be made in
the schedule then in force, and the time
when the increased rates, fares, or charges
will go into effect; and the proposed
changes shall be shown by printing new
schedules, or shall be plainly indicated
upon the schedules in force at the time
| and kept for public inspection. Reduc-
| tons in such published rates, fares, or
charges may be made without previous
| public notice; but whenever any such re
| duction is made, notice of the same shall
Immediately be publicly posted and the
| changes made shall Immediately be made
public by printing new schedules, or shall
Immediately be plainly indicated upon the
schedules at the time in force and kept
for public inspection.
No Variation from Published Rates.
And when any such common carrier
| shall have established and published its
rates, fares and charges, in compliance
with the provisions of this section. it shall
be unlawful for such common carrier to
| charge, demand, collect or receive from
any person or persons a greater or less
compensation for the transportation Of
passengers or property, or for any ser
vices in connection Herewith than is
specified in such published schedule Of
rates, fares and charges as may at any
time be in force.
Copies of Schedules Filed with CommiS-
sioners - Contracts and Agreements
with Other Companies to BE Filed
Every common carrier subject to the
provisions of this act shall file with the
commission hereinafter provided fSr copies
/ hf r. lt11a rate
which have been established and pub
lished IN compliance with the require
ments of this section, and shall promptly
notify said commission of all changes
made in the same. Every such common
carrier shall also file with said commits
| sion copies of all contracts, agreements or
| arrangements with other common car
riers in relation to any traffic affected by
the provisions of this act to which it may
be a party And in cases where p.;Ssen
gers and freight pass over continuous lines
| or routes operated by more than one com
mon carrier and the several common car
| riers operating such lines or routes eStab-
| lish joint tariffs of rates or fares or
charges for such continuous lines or
routes, copies of such joint tariffs shall
also in like manner, he filed with said
commission. Such joint rates, fares and
| charges on such continuous lines SO filed
as aforesaid shall be made public by such
| common carriers when directed by said
| commission, in SO far as may, in the judg-
ment of the commission, be deemed prac-
| ticable; and said commission'shall from
time totime prescribe the measure Of pub
| licity which shall he given to such rates,
fares and charges, or to such part of them
as it may deem it practicable for such
| common carriers 10 publish. and the
places in which they shall he published,
but no common carrier party to any such
| joint tariff shall be liable for the failure
of any other common carrier party there
to to observe and adhere TO the rates, fares
OF charges thus made and published
Failure TO Fife or Publish Eates-?enaI-
| ties For.
| If any such common carrier shall neg
lect or refuse to file or publish its SEIZED
| ules or tariffs of rates, fares. and charges
as provided in this section, or any part of
the same, such common carrier shall, in
addition TO other penalties herein pre-
| scribed be subject to writ of GIaudamus.
to be issued by any circuit court Of the
Unitsd States in the judicial district
wherein the principal office Of said com
mon carrier is situated or wherein such
ofense may be committed, and if such
| common carrier he a foreign corporation,
in the judicial district wherein such COM
mon carrier accepts traffic and has an
agent to perform such service, to compel
compliance with the aforesaid provisions
of this section; and such writ shall issue
in the name of the people of the United
States, at the relation Of the commits
sioners appointed under the provisions OF
this act; and failure TO comply with its
requirements shah be punishable as and
for contempt; end the said commission
ers, as compliments, may also apply, in
any such circuit court of the United
States, for writ of injunction against
such common carrier, to restrain such
common carrier from receiving or trans
porting property among the several states
and territories of the United States, or be
tween the United States and adjacent for.
eign countries, or between ports Of trans
shipment and of entry in the several
states and territories of the United States